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EP0553492A3
EP0553492A3 EP19920122067 EP92122067A EP0553492A3 EP 0553492 A3 EP0553492 A3 EP 0553492A3 EP 19920122067 EP19920122067 EP 19920122067 EP 92122067 A EP92122067 A EP 92122067A EP 0553492 A3 EP0553492 A3 EP 0553492A3
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Kishor Purushottam Corning Incorporated Gadkaree
Joseph Frank Corning Incorporated Mach
Rengan Corning Incorporated Kannabiran
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08K—Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
    • C08K3/00—Use of inorganic substances as compounding ingredients
    • C08K3/40—Glass
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2821—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2821—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals
    • G02B6/2835—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals formed or shaped by thermal treatment, e.g. couplers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
  • Polymers & Plastics (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Compositions Of Macromolecular Compounds (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
EP92122067A 1992-01-27 1992-12-28 Low expansion composition for packaging optical waveguide couplers Expired - Lifetime EP0553492B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US82596092A 1992-01-27 1992-01-27
US825960 1992-01-27

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EP0553492A2 EP0553492A2 (en) 1993-08-04
EP0553492A3 true EP0553492A3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1994-02-02
EP0553492B1 EP0553492B1 (en) 2002-04-03

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EP92122067A Expired - Lifetime EP0553492B1 (en) 1992-01-27 1992-12-28 Low expansion composition for packaging optical waveguide couplers

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US (1) US5426714A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
EP (1) EP0553492B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (2) JPH05273434A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
KR (1) KR100299832B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU663752B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA2083983A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE69232534T2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
TW (1) TW213885B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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CA2083983A1 (en) 1993-07-28
JP2003090928A (ja) 2003-03-28
US5426714A (en) 1995-06-20
TW213885B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1993-10-01
KR100299832B1 (ko) 2001-10-22
AU663752B2 (en) 1995-10-19
EP0553492A2 (en) 1993-08-04
DE69232534T2 (de) 2002-09-26
EP0553492B1 (en) 2002-04-03
DE69232534D1 (de) 2002-05-08
KR930016519A (ko) 1993-08-26
JPH05273434A (ja) 1993-10-22

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